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Gâteau du Vully
Sweet cream yeast cake
Gâteau du Vully: flat sweet yeast cake with sugar and cream from Fribourg and Vaud
SwissOn the slopes of Mont Vully between Lake Murten and Lake Neuchâtel, bakers fill their windows with this flat yeast cake on Sundays and at the autumn harvest festival in Môtier and Praz. A soft, buttery dough is dimpled all over, sprinkled thickly with sugar and doused with cream, which bakes into a caramel-like crust that dips into the hollows. A savoury cousin is topped with bacon and caraway; this is the sweet one. Chef's tip: press really deep dimples with your fingertips right before baking, so pools of cream and sugar stay in place instead of sliding off.
- Total time
- 125 min
- Difficulty
- medium
- Serves
- 10
Ingredients
For the dough
- 14 oz plain flour
- 1 ⅜ oz sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- ¾ cup lukewarm milk
- 1 egg
- 2 ⅛ oz buttersoftened
For the topping
- 2 ⅞ oz sugar
- ¾ cup double cream
- ⅔ oz butterin small pieces
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Method
0/6 doneStep 1: Mix 14 oz plain flour, ¼ oz fast-action dried yeast, 1 ⅜ oz sugar and 1 tsp salt. Add ¾ cup lukewarm milk and 1 egg and knead for 5 minutes, then work in 2 ⅛ oz butter and knead for 5–7 minutes more until smooth and elastic.
12 minStep 2: Cover and leave in a warm place for about 1 hour until doubled.
60 minStep 3: Roll or press the dough into a buttered 28 cm round tin or onto a tray in a 1.5 cm thick round.
5 minStep 4: Cover and prove for 25 minutes. Heat the oven to 400°F (fan 350°F).
25 minStep 5: Press deep dimples all over with floured fingertips. Sprinkle with 2 ⅞ oz sugar, pour over ¾ cup double cream and dot with ⅔ oz butter.
3 minStep 6: Bake for 22–25 minutes until deep golden with caramelised patches and a skewer comes out clean. Serve warm or the same day.
25 min
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 330 kcal
- Protein
- 6 g
- Carbs
- 42 g
- Fat
- 15 g
- Fibre
- 1 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does gâteau du Vully take?
- About 125 minutes in total: 100 minutes to prepare and 25 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 10 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- Is it vegetarian?
- Yes. It has no meat or fish.
- What can I use instead of plain flour?
- Self-raising flour, same amount (then leave out the baking powder).
- What can I use instead of fast-action dried yeast?
- Fresh yeast, three times the weight.
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